Vanderbilt Cup Races

Omg,I remember this,but can’t place where it is and the signs are leading you to Jericho & Bayviille.The street sign ends with Park.I think this was a meeting place during a race or before one.Is it Max-Levit Way Inn?

From Updated: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: A Historic Photo of a Road Sign in Front of Max Levi's Hotel

The Way Inn, a saloon owned by Max Levi in Locust Valley, about 1910

From Updated: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: A Historic Photo of a Road Sign in Front of Max Levi's Hotel

Fuhgeddaboudit!  There’s no jog at Bedford; when working at pixel limits, the eye plays tricks and the red line deviated from the nearly-arrow-straight LIMP RoW, not the other way around.  Sorry.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

Long Island Automobile Club put the sign there, somewhere between Bayville and Jericho I’ll take a wild guess this is East Norwich at Rt 106 where the bend of the 1905 race made the big turn west. Given all the empty barrels on the side of Max Levi’s Way Inn, it looked like a fun place to stop.

From Updated: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: A Historic Photo of a Road Sign in Front of Max Levi's Hotel

No one responded to my query - what is that wild little jog in the LIMP RoW at Bedford Avenue in Hauppauge (detail “n” on the {soils} map on my site at <http://sbiii.com/limppix/soilmapn.jpg>) all about?  PLEASE.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

Finally got to see this.  What a fascinating, historic piece.  Just great!

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

Even though total darkness didn’t descend on NY, there was a strange dim of light, never seen before and unlike sunset, that lasted at least twenty minutes steadily, before turning full bright again at 3pm. I recorded the event of the surrounding terrain in my neighborhood on camcorder, then the full bright version soon after. I’m hoping the HD camera captured the difference. I will let you know. My daughter described the experience as being in another dimension. It truly was strange.
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Howard Kroplick

It was a great day! Something Americans could celebrate together!

From The Sun at East Hills, New York at 2:43 PM and the Total Eclipse Seen in Oregon

Just realized LIACC wasn’t included as an airport, even though this facility hosted famous aviators and shows of the day.
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Howard Kroplick

Roosevelt Field was also missing.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

Sands Point is above Port Washington. The map refers to this as “Manhassett Neck” which I’ve never heard of and they spelled it with two T’s and not one as Manhasset is properly spelled.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

More on the history of the map—- The October 6, 1937 issue of The Nassau Daily Review Star has an article with very detailed descriptions of various rooms in the school.  In the article they say that the map was executed by “Magani, a well known mural artist in New York”.  So far I’ve not been able to find any other information on Magani.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

That was a great idea, Howard. And I was viewing the eclipse with a sheet of paper & hole. We would had to been in South Carolina to be in darkness.2024 isn’t too far away!

From The Sun at East Hills, New York at 2:43 PM and the Total Eclipse Seen in Oregon

Unfortunately, didn’t see anything here in this part of the Villages, there was a partial not to far in Leesburg, they estimated wrong, we were supposed to get it.

From The Sun at East Hills, New York at 2:43 PM and the Total Eclipse Seen in Oregon

Can never get enough photos!  I like to enlarge them and study closely,,,

From Mystery Foto #32 Solved: A 1950 Image of the Motor Parkway Looking West to the LILCO Gas Tank

Wow! The sky didn’t darken like this over by us ( Lake Ronkonkoma ).
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Howard Kroplick

Brian, the sky did not darken as much. I placed a filter on my camera.

From The Sun at East Hills, New York at 2:43 PM and the Total Eclipse Seen in Oregon

Wild guessing, this jumbo map is located at Hempstead Town Hall at 1 Washington Street.
Dotted lines in the bays are township division lines, and dotted lines on the sound are ferry routes.

Airports: (12)
La Guardia airport – open
Flushing airport – closed
Floyd Bennet field – closed
Jamaica airport (Idlewild, JFK) – open
Manhassett Neck airport – closed
Mitchel field – closed
American Republic airport (Republic) – open
Sayville field – closed
Patchogue airport – closed
Southhampton airport – closed
Easthampton airport - closed
Montauk airport - open

Many name changes:
Swezy is now Calverton
Fireplace Neck is now Bellport…..

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

I can answer the first question.  The map is on the north wall of the auditorium of W.C. Mepham High School in North Bellmore.  It dates from 1937 when the building was constructed.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

Mystery Foto #33, addendum… After griping about the low-res map photo I realized that I hadn’t opened the close ups. Sorry about that. Still can’t find the miss-spellings but I do find seven airfields… Brentwood airport, Jamaica South, Flushing airport, Islip field, American airport, Mitchell Field, Floyd Bennet field.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

Mystery Foto #33… The large Long Island map is located in the auditorium of Mepham High School in Bellmore, NY. Can’t read most of the wording on the map so can’t find the miss-spellings. Can’t find airfields on this map. Photo seems to be low resolution. I will guess that the dotted lines on the sound and the bays (can’t see them in the image) are ferry routes. The map was restored in 1977 at a cost of $36,000.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

While I have no idea where the map is located (and I would like to visit it), nor the history of it, the references to, and highlight of, North Merrick are quite intriguing.
I believe that there are eleven airports shown on the map.
The dotted lines are ferry routes.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World's Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

Very nice to see such an early car this nicely preserved. Give us notification if you find out when It’s up and running.

From The Mystery Mercedes Owned by the Astor Family Found in Berlin, Germany